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Covid-19 lockdown risks 1.4 million extra TB deaths: study

In 2018 TB killed around 1.5 million people according to the WHO, including more than 200,000 children. [Photo|Courtesy]

The global lockdown caused by Covid-19 risks a "devastating" surge in tuberculosis cases, with nearly 1.4 million additional deaths from the world's biggest infectious killer by 2025, new research showed Wednesday.

TB, a bacterial infection that normally attacks patients' lungs, is largely treatable yet still infects an estimated 10 million people every year.

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